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Refinery upgrade a potential win-win for Island skilled trades: Lantz

Posted|August 20, 2015

CHARLOTTETOWN
–
A planned major upgrade to a New Brunswick oil refinery could be a potential
win-win for Island skilled workers, says Progressive Conservative Leader Rob
Lantz.

“The
recent downturn in the energy sector in Western Canada has put hundreds of
skilled trades people from the Island in limbo waiting for call backs. A major
project like this could provide employment opportunities for those workers to
apply their expertise here closer to home which would help our Island
economy,”
says Lantz.

The
$200 million refinery maintenance and upgrade project at the Irving Oil refinery
in Saint John will provide short-term employment for up to 3,000 skilled trades
people such as pipefitters, electricians and boiler makers from across Atlantic
Canada.

“Job
growth on the Island has been flat over the past year so a major project like
this could be a welcome boost for many Island families,”
noted Lantz.